for your attention, the floor is given to the governor of the astrakhan region, igor yuryevich babushkin. year, export growth amounted to 10%. we purchase textiles, fruits and vegetables from uzbekistan, we believe that the expansion of cooperation could be facilitated by the opening of a trading house of uzbekistan in astrakhan. the astrakhan transport hub provides multimodal transportation, goods are delivered here by rail, road, and water transport; last year we handled 15.00 tons of cargo. from uzbekistan this year we plan to double this figure. today, the astrakhan region is rightly called the caspian gates of russia. on instructions from our president, we have formed a powerful logistics hub international transport corridor north-south. the russian government is actively developing opportunities for cargo turnover using the seaports of astrakhan, iran, turkmenistan with access to uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. today we have reached the transshipment of cargo in the amount of 4.5 million tons, this is a ten-year record, and the existing potential of astrakhan ports is 16 million tons pe